Sulinder Pushanda has called out the officials before in a calm matter. This time he was alot more confrontational in the post-race press confrence. He almost shouted this to the press, "We are gonna kill sombody out here, if the officialdome doesn't get their heads out of there (censord). I have never seen a classless bunch of morons such as some of my competitors. Where are the bloody blue flags for these damn lapped cars? I think Frank Dolan and his bunch of horrible hacks of officials, have clearly not understood the idea, of lapped cars getting out of the way! Anyone with half a brain can figure that out." After the conference I asked Pushanda if he expects any penalty toward him and his team after the press confrance. He quickly and almost cheerfully replied, "Frank Dolan will hand out penalties to anyone who disagree's with him, so if something else is added, I won't be suprised."

OOC: I thought I'd add this. I, in no way agree with my characters. I just thought this would be an interesting way to conduct his personality. I can't belive one driver can wreck so many cars!

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Dan Mackay and Afzal Tahmid will run in the season finale at Texas. Dan will run the #56 and Afzal will run the #54. Both cars are reported to have been stolen from the Xenos Development team shop, after Zach Branch let owner Mike Howard into the shop. Seeing as Branch is going to Atsuro GP for 2013, he was reported as saying that he didn't care about any problems this may cause.

A 5-race schedule consisting of both ovals and road courses will make up the 2012-2013 Hanmore Formula Overdrive Overseas Exhibition. "We've been trying to put this deal together since summer, but unfortunately we weren't able to work out all the details, and Dash Cup beat us to the punch," said Hanmore CEO Frank Dolan.

The series will start off 3 weeks after the Texas finale with two races in Germany, at the Norisring and the EuroSpeedway Lausitz. The series will then head to Portugal for a race at the famed Estoril Circuit, which was formerly a Formula A venue. Two ovals will finish off the calendar with races at Autodromo Antonio Passero in Italy, and Twin Ring Motegi in Japan. The exhibition will wrap up in early December. The races will be ran with the new 2013 cars. It is also worth noting that not all teams or drivers will compete.

"Hopefully we'll be able to put on a good show and these tracks will be on the points-paying calendar in the coming years," concluded Dolan.

After his accident on lap 4 at Las Vegas, points leader Recindo Gonzalez was diagnosed with a mild concussion after hitting the wall head on before spinning several times on his roll hoop. This effectively nullifies Gonzalez's championship hopes, as he has not been cleared to race at Mayville. The ClarTech team will announce a replacement for the #8 car sometime this week.

There may be an error with Ross Carter's points, I followed the points given in the previous race on the Wikki page, however it is a cache copy. It gave me a different value to what I had originally on my spreadsheet.

McNeil appears to be uninjured after crash; later diagnosed with broken disk in back; Will sit out Mayville plans to run Texas

Patrick McNeil was one of the many drivers involved in the big crashes during the Las Vegas event. McNeil like the others appeared to be uninjured and walked unassisted to the ambulance for the mandatory trip to the infield care center.

But while in the ambulance, McNeil complained of lower back pain and had to be lowered gently to lie down on a stretcher in the ambulance. An exam in the medical center warranted a trip to a local Las Vegas hospital. After an X-ray was taken, it was discovered McNeil had fractured two discs in his lower back.

As a result of the injury, McNeil has opted to have surgery to repair the discs. This means McNeil will sit out the FO event at Mayville. He hopes to be cleared for the season ending Hanmore World Championships in Texas.

With McNeil out for Mayville, GLM has decided not to bring in a reserve driver for the #17.

(OCC: Eichholtz, just pull the #17 for Mayville, he will be running Las Vegas though.)

I reckon that you can still enter the Texas race, right? If so, may I enter?

Name: Arnold LaiendeichNumber: 30Sponsor: Aschburger Beer; Eier PharmaceuticalsEngine: XenosResume/Notes: The German Arnold Laiendeich started his career in karting. He rose through the junior formula ranks, but never got a real shot at Formula A. After doing some stock and touring car racing, Laiendeich decided to move across the pond, to keep his career from stalling. With the backing of German sponsors, Laiendeich has decided to enter the final race of the Formula Overdrive season.

Ferrarist wrote:I reckon that you can still enter the Texas race, right? If so, may I enter?

Name: Arnold LaiendeichNumber: 30Sponsor: Aschburger Beer; Eier PharmaceuticalsEngine: XenosResume/Notes: The German Arnold Laiendeich started his career in karting. He rose through the junior formula ranks, but never got a real shot at Formula A. After doing some stock and touring car racing, Laiendeich decided to move across the pond, to keep his career from stalling. With the backing of German sponsors, Laiendeich has decided to enter the final race of the Formula Overdrive season.

Team Owner Robert Nelson is possibly looking to enter two cars for the 2013, which would be the first time Spannerhead Racing have entered a team into a series that isn't a stock car series. The team will most likely enter Xenos powered Duncan's. No word yet on drivers, numbers, or sponsors. More to follow.

pennst24 wrote:It is too late to enter for Texas, but Laiendach has a high chance that he can make it onto the grid full-time for 2013.

Okay. In that case, I'd like to express some interest for 2013:

ReinSpeed rumoured to enter Formula Overdrive in 2013

German racing driver Arnold Laiendeich's entry to the final race of this year's Hanmore Formula Overdrive season was denied by officials, because the team exceeded the deadline for entries. But it seems that Laiendeich is serious about entering the American racing scene, as he told our magazine. "I really think that in order to improve myself as a racing driver, I should go to North America and race there. I'm very serious about my plans, and I think I can announce my road for 2013 pretty soon." But it seems like Laiendeich was backed by a major team, ReinSpeed in fact. ReinSpeed is one of the leading German racing teams, having racked up countless regional and national championships in Germany and Europe. Therefore it would make sense, if ReinSpeed was the backer for Laiendeich's entry. Team owner Andreas Reinhardt didn't comment on that matter, but he's made several trips to the United States over the past months, probably to gather enough resources for a possible expansion of his racing operation to the United States. Time will tell if ReinSpeed will indeed set a foot into North American racing.

"It's dissapointing that we didn't get the win that the Boss wanted, but 11th place is reasonable I guess."

"We had a blast regardless of where we finished, I just hope this track returns to the schedule sometime!" Co-Owner and Hometown Boy Daniel Leckliter stated in an interview in the Jamestown Post Journal on Monday.

ReinSpeed, a new team for the 2013 Formula Overdrive season, has announced that 27-year-old Chinese driver Ye Kao will drive the team's second car next season.

Kao has extensive experience in British Formula C, winning a round at Brands Hatch in 2011 and finishing seventh in the drivers' championship in 2012. Reports say that Kao has a large sum of money from the Chinese government behind his efforts.

Alright, here I will open registrations for part-time teams. Each race will have 4 part-time teams that will compete to bring the total up to 34 grid slots per race.

I will accept entries, and then assign them to the races. I am going to try to have the American or Canadian drivers show up for the North American races, and have the foreign drivers appear at the European races. The Canadian Grand Prix at Road Gatineau will be a one-off race, but I will not be posting the one-off registrations for quite some time.

Woodard concerned about the health of Kreamer, states "I had no where to go."

Greg Woodard, driving the #41 Starstream Radio car, was involved in a late race incident involving the #4 car. After Ashley Tucker stuffed Kreamer into the wall, this forced Kreamer to be slow and get into the racing line of a big pack of cars. Woodard, who was far behind the pack due to green flag pitstops, clipped Kreamer's car after his car slid enough to get in front of Woodard's right front wing. "The spotter told me that I was clear on the low side, I guess his timing or perception was off and I collided with Kreamer. I just hope he doesn't die because of this." While Woodard clipped Kreamer, this forced Gordon Sting to collide with the #4 car.

His crew told him it wasn't his fault but Woodard wouldn't listen. "He dominated the first half the race and lapped traffic changed that. His spotter will be getting a good talking to later." Woodard's substitute spotter, who was hired just before the race, was not available for comment.

"A substitute spotter has possibly led to the death of a driver due to giving the wrong call to another driver." Team PR Rep. Natasha Callio told reporters. "We are regretful for hiring him, but we needed one due to Woodard's normal spotter being ill before the race.

Woodard would go onto finish the race, albeit off the pace and several laps down. "No good has come out of this race, sure, the guys in the booth were surprised at my 'talent' behind an open wheel race car, but with all the injuries and other lapped cars, this race was a nightmare."